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The IPCC: Looking 95% Foolish

It really takes forever to die this nonsense, and only because some politicians don’t want to lose face. Having implemented the most absurd CO2 Scare based policies, such as CO2 taxes on cars and what not there is for them only one way forward. Just keep the pretense going never mind it stifles the economy. Often people say that politcians are actually hard working integer people. In that case the law of stupid comes into play. If they truly believe this mess they’re unfit for office due to incompetence, if they don’t but go ahead anyway they’re unfit for office due to cynical exploitation.

As the gap between its models and reality has grown, the IPCC has become more adamant that its conclusions are correct – rather than more cautious.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims to be a rational, scientific body. But when scientists worthy of the name are wrong, they admit it. The IPCC does the opposite.

Once you peel multiple layers off the global warming onion, you’re left with computer models. According to these models, the small amount of warming that results when humans emit CO2 into the atmosphere is supposed to be amplified by other factors. It isn’t the CO2 itself but this amplification that the IPCC believes will lead to dramatic rises in temperature and dangerous consequences.

But here’s the problem: even though the real world hasn’t behaved as expected, the IPCC continues to cling to its position with a fervour that can only be described as…